Playstation 3 80GB

The new Playstation 3 98004 has an 80GB hard drive for over 30% more download storage space than the 60GB model. PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system unleashes a brilliant, high-definition entertainment experience. As its digital soul, the Cell Broadband Engine represents a tour de force in parallel processing, which means a gaming experience that is beyond what you know today. Its built-in Blu-ray Disc drive delivers a whole new generation in high-definition gaming and unmatched digital media storage. Whether it's gaming, Blu-ray movies, music or online services, PLAYSTATION3 invites you to Play Beyond.
Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sony
• Model: 711719801306
• Released on: 2008-08-20
• ESRB Rating: Rating Pending
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
• Dimensions: 15.00 pounds

Features

• Playstation 3

Customer Reviews

How to make it near-complete

Necessary disclosure: I do not own this model. I have what used to be a 60GB model, recently upgraded to 320MB - the gold standard.

This model comes with an 80GB drive. This is nice because, most would agree, 80GB is more than 60GB. If you feel that the extra 20GB is a big deal, maybe you should think again. I upgraded my 60GB to 320GB because I was about to run out of space, with only 10GB or so left. One month or so later, I'm using more than 80GB already - just downloaded the Ratchet and Clank minigame from PSN and it alone needs about 3GB. My advice is to buy this model and upgrade it yourself. It's easy. If you are thinking about waiting and getting the 160GB model for an extra $100, don't. $100 would buy you the 320GB drive. I used the "Western Digital 320 GB Scorpio Sata 5400 Rpm 8MB 2.5IN". The nice thing about it is that you are also going to be left with a perfectly good 80GB hard disk which you can place into a cheap enclosure "StarTech SAT2510U2 InfoSafe 2.5-Inch USB/SATA Hard Drive Enclosure" worked for me. I am using the free (in my case) 60GB drive as backup device for family photos. Digital, of course.

This model's lack of memory card interfaces is annoying but you can get around it. Copy your stuff to a USB drive or flash drive and... problem solved. You can then upload your things through the USB. It's inconvenient though.

My 60GB model has 4 USB slots and I am using all of them. One for the PS3 Eye (camera), a second has a wireless keyboard thing, the third is where the racing wheel plugs in and the last one I use to charge controllers. Can you live with 2 slots? I suppose you can but there's going to be a lot of plugging/unplugging if you begin adding peripherals. I suppose you could get one of those USB ports multiplexers. They're ugly but... it's doable.

PS2 compatibility... can't get it. Sorry. I don't play PS2 games but my kids do. In fact, they just bought some Sonic game a couple of days ago. I was surprised but... de gustibus. They're also playing Kingdom Hearts and Destroy All Humans.

I believe that there are a couple of improvements over the gold standard. This model burns less electricity, which is a good thing for the rain forests, keeping them cool and everything and you get the advanced controller.

To summarize: buy it, upgrade the drive to 320GB or higher for $100, use the 80GB disk as a backup device, get yourself a USB port multiplexer if you need more than 2, transfer your photos to flash drives to get around the missing memory card interfaces, sell your PS2 games to finance the above.

Best Console on the Market!

I love this thing, get's used for everthing
games
movies
blu-ray
music
online
And at the new price it's an even better deal!

Half perfect BD player with limited capability to handle the latest lossless

music formats

PS3 does not output lossless bitstreams of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-MA. Sounds like a small thing, but I believe these new music formats are one of the most important and the most impressive add value to blue-ray disks. Bit rate of these formats are way above those of DVD and CD. You can search their details on the net. I feel that even the highest-end CD audio systems that cost more than 40k cannot compete with the latest BD with good quality contents. Unfortunately PS3 only outputs these formats after decoding lossless to PCM internally. If you have any future possibility to upgrade your AV amp that can handle these bit streams, PS3 is not the one you need to get.

PS3 can be recommended for those who are interested in playing video games. People who are looking mainly for a good BD player should think about if you will get interested in listening to the fantastic power of the most advanced lossless music formats in the future.